John Fox

Partner / Gesellschafter, Founder, COO, ImaginGO

Koeln, Deutschland

Über mich

I am a product strategist and manager. I evaluate new and updated products differently than most. I am not afraid to challenge the status quo. I dive deep into the complete system of the product, architecting solutions that take many factors into account - many factors that others typically won't include in their analysis. I have managed the full product lifecycle for large projects including managing local and near/off-shore teams while working at Accenture, SAP and Covestro. I also have the design and technical capabilities to deliver products with small teams that require speed and agility. I am an American. I moved to Europe in 2011 and currently live in Germany - I am willing to relocate.

Fähigkeiten und Kenntnisse

User experience designer
Entrepreneur
People Management
Product Management
Creative Direction
Technical Consulting
Design Thinking
Holistic approach
Client Management
Produktdesign
Project Management
Produktmanagement
Business Development
Graphic Design
Design
JavaScript
HTML
CSS Programming
Englischkenntnisse
Leadership
Reliability
Entrepreneurship
Professional experience
Creativity
Communication skills
innovative
Technical Knowledge
Intercultural competence

Werdegang

Berufserfahrung von John Fox

  • Bis heute 1 Jahr, seit Juni 2023

    Founder, COO

    ImaginGO

    ImaginGO is a web-based curriculum that develops creative thinking - My role is a co-founder who splits time between instructional design and product management.

  • 5 Jahre, Juli 2018 - Juni 2023

    Global Project & Innovation Manager

    Covestro

    - Led diverse innovation and technical projects, including AI for defect estimation, blockchain for material tracing and supply chain transparency, digital transformation of global labs - Managed global software design projects, overseeing and coordinating teams, resources, and operations that spanned nations and cultures - Directed UX development through user journey mapping, lab personas and wireframing - drove business model innovation to leverage market trends for growth and competitive edge

  • 2 Jahre und 9 Monate, Nov. 2015 - Juli 2018

    Manager - Digital Solutions, UX and Creative Technology

    Accenture / Fjord

    Account lead that supported design and IT implementations for a large German bank. I managed between 10-25 people depending on the amount of projects (as many as 8 projects running simultaneously). I pushed innovation and delivered UX design, UX architecture, prototypes and fine designs. I moderated and led design thinking workshops with clients. My specialty at Accenture / Fjord was in bridging the gap between various stakeholders who needed to align in order to produce the best result.

  • 1 Jahr und 6 Monate, Mai 2014 - Okt. 2015

    Founder, Director - Product Management

    Bside Me GmbH

    Managed the vision, innovation, design and implementation of Bside-Me’s celebrity mobile apps, mobile CMS and web-based management console Google Play - https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=Bside-Me iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/de/artist/b-side-me-gmbh/id937152665 www.bside-me.com

  • 5 Jahre und 2 Monate, Aug. 2008 - Sep. 2013

    Director - Interactive, Senior Marketing Specialist

    SAP / Crossgate

    Managed marketing and content development of SAP’s cloud-based, B2B solution (SAP Information Interchange – the SAP brand for Crossgate) and e-Invoicing For Compliance on a global scale. That meant working and coordinating with a variety of people and teams throughout the world: internal SAP marketing (solution, line of business and field marketing), technical teams, external creative and interactive agencies, account executives, pre-sales and our translation/localization teams.

  • 6 Jahre und 1 Monat, Aug. 2002 - Aug. 2008

    Principal - Digital Transformation and Digital Products

    John Fox Studios

    Provide eBusiness recommendations and support in technical strategy, systems, architecture, project management, process simplification, business development and marketing for companies of all sizes in a variety of industries • Manage the development and delivery of websites, webapps and mobile apps using HTML5/CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, jQuery Mobile, PHP, Flash (AS2/AS3), ASP, JSP, Ajax

  • 2 Jahre und 7 Monate, Feb. 2000 - Aug. 2002

    Technical Consultant – Client Services

    Online Insight

    Developed customized UI for customers of Online Insight's flagship product, Precision Choice. Managed technical development and deployment of online market research tool that collected data for use in marketing studies such as Accenture’s 2001 e-branding study: Beyond The Blur. Technical lead for market research data collection projects. Designed and developed custom tag libraries and corresponding Java classes for data collection, display and archiving.

  • 2 Jahre und 1 Monat, Jan. 1998 - Jan. 2000

    Web Developer & Technology Instructor

    North Carolina State University

    When the internet was gaining in popularity, I was hired by NCSU to instruct their professors on how to create their courses online. This included hands on instruction and teaching in a classroom setting. My specialization was online video, graphic design and Perl/Java programming.

  • 2 Jahre und 8 Monate, Mai 1996 - Dez. 1998

    Network Administrator/Developer

    Veda, Inc./Veridian (General Dynamics since 2003)

    As a child I was a "closet computer geek". I landed this Network Administrator job out of school with only limited amount of practice outside of my home office. Soon excelled to the point where Veda promoted me to Developer working on early web applications using HTML front-ends and Oracle/C++ back-end development. Received security clearance - now inactive.

Ausbildung von John Fox

  • 1999 - 1999

    Digital Art & 3D Animation

    Living Arts College

    3ds Max, 3D Studio Max, Photoshop, Illustrator, Still life drawing, Figure drawing, Color theory

  • 5 Jahre und 5 Monate, Aug. 1990 - Dez. 1995

    Communications

    East Carolina University

    Advertising, Video/Film Production, Copyrighting, Media Law

Sprachen

  • Englisch

    Muttersprache

  • Deutsch

    Gut

Interessen

I love to travel and experience new cultures. I like to take in new places and people.
I play music with a band called Last Door Left in Cologne.

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